Criminal Law – 180-Day Rule – Trial

Under People v. Hendershot, 357 Mich. 300 (1959), MCL 780.131 and MCL 780.133 do not require that a trial be commenced or completed within 180 days after the Department of Corrections notifies a prosecutor of an inmate's imprisonment.The 180-day period is a fixed period of consecutive days. "[T]he relevant question is not whether 180 days ...